Article 329 Determination of the customs office of exit(Article 159(3) of the Code)

Except where paragraphs 2 to 7 apply, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office competent for the place from where the goods leave the customs territory of the Union for a destination outside that territory.

In the case of goods leaving the customs territory of the Union by fixed transport installation, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office of export.

Where the goods are loaded in a seaport onto a vessel that is not assigned to a regular shipping service as referred to in Article 120 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 for carriage to a destination outside the customs territory of the Union, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office competent for the place where the goods are loaded onto such vessel.

Where paragraph 3 does not apply and the goods are loaded onto a vessel or onto an aircraft without any subsequent transhipment for carriage to a destination outside the customs territory of the Union by sea or air, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office competent for the place where the goods are loaded onto such vessel or aircraft.

Where, after having been released for export, goods are placed under an external transit procedure, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office of departure of the transit operation.

Where, after having been released for export, goods are placed under a transit procedure other than the external transit procedure, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office of departure of the transit operation provided that either of the following conditions is fulfilled:

On request the customs office of exit shall be the customs office competent for the place where the goods are taken over under a single transport contract for transport of the goods out of the customs territory of the Union by the railway companies, the postal operators, the airlines or the shipping companies provided that the goods are to leave the customs territory of the Union by rail, post, air or sea.

From the date of deployment of the Automated Export System (AES) referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 at the latest, paragraphs 6 and 7 shall not apply in cases where Union goods falling within a category listed in Article 1(1) of Directive 2008/118/EC are exported.

From the date of deployment of the Automated Export System (AES) referred to in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/578 at the latest, paragraph 7 shall not apply in cases where non-Union goods are re-exported.

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Where a re-export notification is to be lodged in accordance with Article 274(1) of the Code, the customs office of exit shall be the customs office competent for the place where the goods are in the free zone or in temporary storage.